Improved water-wheel



transverse vertical section. zontal section of the wheel.

y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' TIMOTHY L. OARLEY AND AMOS JACKSON, OF MAROELLUS, NEW YORK.

IMPRovED WATER-WHEEL.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,809, dated July S, 1962.

o LZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known' that we, TIMOTHY L. GARLEY and AMos J AoKsoN, of Marcellus, in the county of Onondaga,in the State of N ew York, have invented a new Improvement in Water- Wheels; and we do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a birds-eye View. Fig. 2 is a Fig. 3 is a hori- Fi g. 4 is a section of the scroll, with the covering removed, to showthe construction and operation of the gate.

The letters of reference refer to the same parts in each figure.

A is the scroll or passage for the water to the wheel. It is made of anysuitable material. The outer edge is an involute curve, and it is composed of an upper and lower plate, and a rim or curb placed between them and secured by bolts passing through both plates outside of the rim. At the entrance ofthe scroll is a chamber or recess for the gate, as shown in Fig. 4t. Through the plates is a circular opening for the wheel. The periphery of the circle must be placed at the inner terminus of the rim or curb, so as to uniformly diminish the scroll from the outer to the inner end. At the bottom or underneath the lower plate inthe center ofthe circle is a support for the step or spindle of the wheel.

-Bis the wheel. It is of the same diameter as the circle in the plates of the scroll. It is made of two annular rims, one above the other, with the buckets secured between them. At the under side of the upper rim and upper side of the lower rim are grooves to hold the buckets. They are placed nearly in a eoversedsine and corresponding in each rim. The upper rim has a [lange on the upper side for the purpose of keeping the water from passing through between the wheel and scroll if the wheel should by any cause be lowered. The lower rim also has a flange for the same purpose, and it is wider than the other flange, for the purpose of admitting buckets of various lengths to be used according to the capacity of wheel required. The upper annular rim has a hub with curved arms secured to it on the upper surface, which serve to support and hold the wheel in position. There is also a lhul) with straight arms secured to the under side ofthe lower rim for a similar purpose.

C is a hub and arms that are secured to the upper rim of the wheel with bolts. The arms are curved and in number according to the size of the wheel. In the center of the hub is a chamber to receive the bearing E, andin the center at the top is aset-serew, G. The upper end is made as a coupling, or may be made to receive a coupling when desired. D is a hub and straight arms. to the lower annular plate ofthe wheel. It is made with a hole in the center large enough to receive the bush F, as represented in Fig. 2.

E is a cylindrical bearing made concave at the lower end. It is made to move up or down in the chamber of the hub, so as to adjust the wheel by means of it andscrew G, as required.

4F is a bush fitted in the hub D firmly. It is made to `move loosely around and up or down on the spindle I. It should be made of wood or other anti-friction material.

G is a set-screw used to adj ust the bearing E.

H is a pivot. Upon it the bearing E rests, and around which the wheel turns. It should be made of wood or other anti-frietion material and fitted to the collar J, as shown in Fig. 2.

I is the spindle upon which the wheel turns. It is firmly fitted at the lower end into the support K on which it rests. It is made as much larger where the bush F comes against it as the thickness of' the collar J, for the purpose of allowing the wheel to be taken up without removing the collar J and part H.

J is a collar fitted to the upper end of the spindle I. Its use is to hold the pivot H. When the pivot is worn out, the eollarinay be removed for the purpose of fitting a new pivot when one is required.

K is the support for the spindle. It is made. with a hub and crooked arms, and fastened to the under side of the scroll A.

L is the gate, made the same vertical length as the distance between the upper and lower plates of the scroll. It is secured to the arbor M. It extends from the arbor to the curb of' the scroll, and about the same distance at a right angle to the side of the chamber, so that the force of the water will be exerted nearly equal at each part of the gate and at either side of the arbor.

t is bolted M is the arbor that turns the gate. It is pivoted into the lower plate of the scroll at the lower end. The upper end passes through a plate that covers the gateehamber, and is fastened to the upper surface of the upper plate of the scroll, by which plate it is held. At theupper end of the arbor a winch maybe applied to actuate the gate. The arbor is placed at or near the inside line of the scroll, so that when the gate is opened it will not be in the passage for the Water, as shown in Fig.

4, where the gate is open, and the dotted lines show the position ofthe gate when closed.

The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 in Fig. 3 represent a birdscye View of the variousshaped buckets that maybe used in the wheel. Ve do not use all kinds iu one wheel at the same time, but use either kind, according to the conditions in which the wheel is to be placed and the quantity of water to be used; also the amount of power required. The vertical lengths of the bucket are not the same, but any length may be used by making the length of the bolts that hold the annular rims longer or shorter; but the ends of all the buckets are alike Where they enter the grooves in the annular rims.

Vhat We claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The parts C, D,- E, F, G, H, I, and J, when made as specified and used for the purpose set forth.

TIMOTHY L. CARLEY. AMOS JACKSON,

Witnesses:

FREDERIC A. LYMAN, JOHN Q. SMITH. 

